Swinging-wringer mechanism



June 9, 1925. 1,540,897

G. MORE SWINGING WRINGER MECHANISM Filed Feb. '7, 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 9,1925. 1,540,897

- G. MORE SWINGING WRINGER MECHANISM Filed Feb. 7, 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 June 9, 1925.

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SWINGING WRIN GER MECHANISM 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Feb. '7, 1921 I L 4 i i 1 2 Patented June 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT oF'FICE;

GLENN MORE, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB T0 BLACKSTONE MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, A. COBPORATION OF NEW YORK.

*SWINGING VIBINGER MECHANISM.

Application filed February 7, 1921. Serial No. 443,216.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GLENN MORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State oflx eu York, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Swinging- Wringer Mechanism, of which the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,- and to thereforence characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relatestowringer mechanism adapted for use on washing machines. The object of the invention is to provide a swinging wringer and mechanism therefor which can be readily embodied in any waslr ing machine and particularly motor driven machines; which mechanism will be positive in its action and very simple tooperate.

Another object of the inventionis to provide simple means whereby the wringer proper may be very readily attachedto the wringer operating mechanism, and the whole, a unit, be readily attached to or removed from the washing machine for shipment or other purposes; and which will also,

-when attached to the machine, be readily turned about a vertical axis without affect}.

ing its driving connections so that the wringer may be operated in use either over thewashing machine frame or over a wash tub at either side of the washing machine.

A further object of my invention is to.

provide such a removable swinging Wringer mechanism with a reversing mechanism for rotating thewringer rolls in either direction, and from at least two difierent sides of the washing machine.

A further object of the invention is-to provide locking means for holding the wringermechanism in any of its changed positions relatively to the washing machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction of the kind described, in which the frame to which the wringer proper is attached is very solidly mounted upon a fixed support attached to the washing machine, but in such manner as to enable the wringer device, as a unit, to be very easily turned about its vertical axis when desired.

The invention comprises the construction andarrangement of the parts as illustrated and hereinafter de cribed, and ts Obj and advantages will be more fully compre-' hended as I proceed with my specification.

' In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a plan view of, 1

.- Fig. 4 is a plan view of the fixed support.

Fig45 is a vertical sectionalyiew of the wringer operating mechanism, showingthe driving and reversing gears inelevation.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectionalview of the same, dotted line 66 of Fig. 5, and looking in thedirection indicated by the arrow.

Fig. 7 is. a horizontal, sectional plan view taken upon the plane indicated by the dotted line 77 of Fig. 6 and looking in thedirection indicated by the arrow. 7

Fig. 8. is a detail view, in vertical sec-, tion, showing the depending pins and asso ciated parts. 7 a p a In the drawings, A represents a conventional type of washing machine frame, hav ing tubs B and C positioned thereon. D is a standardon the frame. mechanism, as a whole, and

ing device therefor, as a whole. G repre- I sents a metal support which may. be securedv in any convenient mannerto thestandard D. The mechanism F is mounted on the fixed support The wringer E comprises vertical and horizontal frame members 1,15, and apair ofwringer rolls 2,; 2, one of which is provided with an operating shaft 8. This wringer E will be secured in any convenient manner to a bracket member composed of parts 4, 4 The part. i'isprovided with a vertical facet. The part 4 is provided with a similar vertical face 5 and a supporting shoulder at an angle. thereto indicated, at 6. The two parts 4 and A" are adapted to fit. against each other "in t such manner as to form a journal bearing 7 for taken upon the plane indicated bythe;

E is a wringer F the actuat-.

-S a 'Them mbsr a, e la spherical or cup-shaped member 13, ,hav-

ing an interior dia'meter siinilarto that of the part 8, is. provided at its upper and larger end with an outwardly extending flange 14. Its lower end is provid'edwith asuit'able aperture which contains a bearing pin 15. This pin 15 extends belowthe outer surface of the member, 13, for a purpose hereinafter set forth. The niember1.0.

is in'terio'rly recessed to accommodate the flange 141 of the lower member 13. it will b'e' noted that the interior diameter of the ring 11 is equal to'the eiiterior diameter of the flanged end of the cup-shaped member 13, thus" affording a shoulder or support for the flange 14, and providing for relative rotativej motion between v the" cup-shaped member 13 on the one hand, and the domelike part 8 and associated parts on the other hand. y,

Uponthe shaft 3 are loosely mounted two oppositely facing beveled gears 16, 16, each having on its face clutch fingers 17, 17.

Intermediate the clutch fingers of. said gears, is a clutch spool 18, suitably secured to the shaft 3-by a spline 19, so as to be moved longitudinally o-f the shaft 3 and to rotate therewith. On each end of the, spool 18 are clutch fingers 20, complemental with the clutch fingers 17 of the beveled gears 16.

actuating yoke 21 having operative engagement with the spool 18 isjinounted upon the pin 15' and through the top I of the mem- I her 8 in such manner as toliave movement mg gear and it follows about the vertical axis of the pin 15. therebyactu'atingthe spool 18 along the shaft 3.

toward one} or the other of' the gears 16, 16. As shown in Figs. 5and' 7 the spool 18 is, in its neutral position, disconnected from the clutch fingers; but it will be readily unde'rstood that when moved intonedirection. the adjacent clutch fingers will'engage, and

beveled gear 16 who seclutc'h' fingers are thusenga ged, will thereby be locked to the shaft 3 and' rotate therewith.

Upon the pin 15, which functions also as a shaft, is a beveled gear 22 the teethof which mesh witli the teeth of both of the led gastric-16. The gear. 22 is a driv- 7 that when theclutch 18 inthe neutral position, the shaft 3 will is out of fiopemtrenr Whentheclutch 18,

however, is engagedihreugh adjacent" clutch teeth with one of the gears 16, say the left hand gear, the shaft 3 will be driven from the gear 22 through the engaging gear 16 in one direction, and the shaft 3 will be driven in the reverse direction when that gear 16 is disengaged and the other gear locked to the shaft 8 by the shifting of the clutch 18. This three-way gear reversing device, per se, is old in the art and its operation is so familiar that further explanation will not be'deemed necessary in this specification.

Connected with the gear 22 and preferably integral therewith as herein shown, is a second beveled gear 23. Asuitable aperture or opening in the member 13, and indicatedat 24,.ismade opposite the gear 23 so: as toexpose a portion of said gear 23 to View, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2.

Upon the fixed support G is mounted a beveled gear25, the teeth of which are adapted to mesh with the teeth of the gear 8 when the two are placed in juxtaposition, The gear 25 may beoperated by .a train of gears 26, 27', or otherwise, from any suitable source of power on the washing mach A'suitable recess or socket 28 is located in the support G, the central longitudinalaxis of which socket is at right angles to the axis of the sh'afton which the gears 25, 26 are mounted. It will be manifest, therefore,

that when the parts are placed together, the

pin 15 will register with and enter the recess and'thehub on the lower surface of the cup-shaped part- 13 will rest upon the surface 30 of the support G.

The support G also has another recess 31 of somewhat larger diameter than the recess 28, in which afixed pin or dowel member may be entered, said pin 32 being secured to and" depending from a hub or post 33, integral with and depending from the cupshaped member 13. These two bearing pins 32, 15, entering the sockets 81, 938, respective- 1y, will accomplish the'proper registration of the parts and prevent any lateral misplacement thereof in operation, while at the same time atlording means whereby theentire 'wringer mechanism E, F, as a unit, may

be lifted vertically and removed from the support G; The separation of these parts will* be accomplished, however, only when the locking latchhas been thrown. Said locking latchis-shown in Figs. Q and 3, and comprises thearm 3 1, pivotally mounted at to the, lugs on the cup member 13, and having at one end a handpiece 36. The other end of the pivoted arm 34 is recessed atv 37, which affords at its lower end a locking hook. The" recess 37 is adapted to en; gage the support G at 38 and is normally held in the engaged position by reason of the spring 3901 other suitable means. h hen it is desired to separate the parts, pressure luu llU

is applied to the under side ofthe thumb piece 36, the spring 39 is compressed, and the lower end of the pivoted lever 34 moving away from contact with the support ti, it follows that the wringer mechanism E, F, may he bodily lifted away from the support G. Similarly, when. the parts are brought together, the spring 39 pressing the thumb piece outwardly will normally swing the lower or recessed end of the latch 34- into proper position to engage the part G and lock them together.

The face of the flange 14 of the cup memher 13 is recessed at suitable intervalsindicated by 4 0. Within the member 8 is a pivoted locking latch 11, the lower end i of which is adapted for engagement with one of the recesses 40, and held in such normally engaged position by the spring 42. A thumb member or operating handle 4:?) projects outwardly through the shell of the member 8 for ready access of the operator; when it is desired to shift the position of the parts 8, 10 and 1], with respect to the fixed position of the part 13, the operator depresses the thumb latch 4-3 against the normal action of the spring 42.'thereby moving the locking latch L1 inwardly and out of engagement with the notch 40. Thereupon, the parts being thus unlocked, they may be given rotary motion with respect to each other, about the central vertical axis of the shaft or pin 15. This will enable the operator to shift the position of the wringer E, as desired. and to lock the wringer in its desired position, for the reason that the spring 42 will cause the lower end of the locking latch ll to automatically engage the recess as soon as the new position is arrived at.

Means for actuating the yoke 21 are provided follows: To the upper end of the yoke 21.. which projects through the top of the member 8, I pivotally secure one end of a. reversing lever 44:. This lever is provided with two engaging locking flanges 4:5, 45. On the top of the member 8 are a pair of concentrically arranged flanges 46, dia metrically positioned with respect to each other. and each containing three notches or recesses 47. The flanges are adapted to fit in these notches or recesses 47. The arrangement of the parts is such that when the flange 45 is in the central notch, the yoke 21 has moved the clutch member 18 into the neutral position, and when the lever is moved so as to bring the flanges 45 in the notches 4 .7, the yoke has accordingly moved the clutch member 18 so as to lock one or the other of the'beveled gears 16 to the shaft and thus operate the shaft 3 to the right or left, as the case may be.

lit will be noted that the pivotalconnection of the arm 44-. with the upper end of the yoke 21 is such that the arm maybe thrown on one side, as shown in Figs. 6 in It will be noted that-the membersS and V 13 are so shaped as to constitute in eifect housings for the reverslng gearlng and other mechanism, and thus protect the oper" ator against accident.

It will be observed that the wringer and connections E, F, may be readily and quickly unlocked and removed from the washing machine by any unskilled person, who simply lifts up the thumb latch 36 and then bodily raises the part F so as to disengage it from the part G, and that the as sembling of the parts may be accomplished with equal facility by an unskilled person. This is of great advantage in the practical operation of the machine and the ease with which the parts can be assembled and disassembled, and facilitates packing and shipping of the machine.

It will also be observed that the swinging of the wringer E into different positions about the axis of the shaft F as a center is accomplished easily and readily,-not by having the entire part F swing with respect to the .support G, but by having the bracket member 10 and the parts associated there- 7 with, swung in a horizontal plane about the flange 14 when the thumb lever 43 is depressed.

It will also be noted that the wringer may not be shifted from one position to another without first moving the reversing lever .44 into the neutral position,-that is to say, so that its flange 45 will engage the central recess 46. It will be observed that the inner face of the spring actuated latch 41 is suitably notched to span the yoke 21, when the latter is in the intermediat or neutral position only.

' I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a. wringer mechanism, of a fixed support, a two-part housing, the upper part being movable in a horizontal plane about the lower part, means for removably securing the lower part to said fixed support, said means including depending pins on said lower part, and a hand operated latch member on the lower part adapted to secure the latter to the support.

2. In a wringer mechanism, the combination with a fixed support, of a twoe-part housing, the upper part being connected to the wringer and movable in a horizontal plane about the lower part, gear mechanism in the housing for operating the wringe'r, and means on the lower housing to prevent its rotation with respect to the fixed sup- 5 one of the said depending pins being Coinport, said means including depending pins my invention I aflix my signature, in the on the lower housing, and a hand operated presence of two Witnesses, this 3rd day oi l means on the lower housing to look the lat- Feb.,'l92l. ter to the support, the longitudinal axis of GLENN MORE.

oident with the axis of rotation of a rota- Witnesses: table element of the gear mechanism. Mrs. A. J. HAMMOND,

V In testimony that I claim the foregoing as MAE L. LARSEN. 

